Severe Thunderstorm Watch until noon Thursday

**This has been allowed to expire**

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued to include Perry and Jefferson counties in southern Illinois until noon Thursday.

This watch includes portions of central and south-central Illinois and central and eastern Missouri through the morning. These thunderstorms have had a history of stronger winds, while also watching out for a few instances of hail possible.

Primary threats include scattered damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph is likely with isolated very large hail events up to two inches in diameter.

A line of strong to severe thunderstorms initially over central/southwestern Missouri is expected to continue moving rapidly east-northeastward through the rest of this morning.

This watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.

Stay tuned for updates from the Storm Alert Team.

Meteorologist Jessica Blum

FOX 23 Storm Alert Team